Sheep Surprise

by Editor
January 8, 2014 at 11:05 am

http://www.smartertimes.com/1101/sheep-surprise

A dispatch from Nevada about bighorn sheep reports, "Surprisingly, many of the nonprofit groups that champion the conservation of bighorn sheep, including the Wild Sheep Foundation and the Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn, based in Las Vegas, are made up almost entirely of hunters."

This is "surprising" only if one labors under the ignorant misconception apparently held by the Times reporter and editor that hunting and conservation are at odds. In fact the hunter Theodore Roosevelt was a champion of the conservation movement, and hunters have long supported environmental groups such as Ducks Unlimited and the National Wildlife Federation.

Thanks to reader-participant-community member-watchdog-content co-creator D. for sending the tip.

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